Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

18th Century Tokens, Ayrshire, Ayr, William Fullarton, Restrike mule/Trial for a Shilling, by W.J. Taylor, in white metal, bust of Victoria right, victoria regina around, w.j. taylor below, rev. female seated in mourning with military trophies, edge plain, 7.12g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp. 158-9, fig. 12, this piece; DH –). Extremely fine and of the highest rarity, believed the only known specimen £300-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin January 1905]; with Spink 1973; N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 152 [from D. McFarlan August 1990].

The obverse type is not represented among the medals of Victoria listed by Whittlestone and Ewing.


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